Keywords: adhd , autism , executive-dysfunction , executive-function , life , mental-health , writing
If you’ve ever felt caught between perfectionism and passion, or between your neurodivergent wiring and your creative drive — maybe you’ll see yourself in this. Maybe it’ll remind you you’re not alone.
https://executivefunctiontoolkit.com/2025/06/19/building-blogging-and-questioning-it-all
Keywords: daily life , expat life , mental health and wellness , choosing yourself , chronic health , chronic illness , epilepsy , expat life , happiness , healing , lessons learned , life , life thoughts , mental health , perfectionism , running , self awareness , self love
I am done being the thief of my own happiness.
https://itsgonnabemeg.wordpress.com/2022/05/21/real-acts-of-self-love
How perfectionism keeps us stuck:
- It keeps us avoiding and procrastinating: If I can’t do it perfect (and I know I probably can’t) then why should I waste my time doing it at all?
- It’s attached to shame with a constant feeling of “Not-Good-Enough-ness”
- It keeps us trying, stumbling, self-deprecating, and unfulfilled
- It keeps us hustling to manage the unwanted perceptions of others
- It’s a creativity killer
Keywords: leadership
Being vulnerable can make us terribly sad, but it can also open us up to the possibility of being terribly happy. Because once you know that we’re all a little bit imperfect, it’s easier to let yourself be imperfect, too.
I feel a compulsive need to be “good” and think only good thoughts, say only good words, and take only good action. And any time something goes poorly in my life, I tell myself I wasn’t good enough and I must have manifested it with some sort of negative thinking, and I must do better.
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